Exclusive: See ParaNorman’s Severed Zombie Ear

Norman hides from a zombie in this new still from ParaNorman.Image courtesy Laika and Focus Features (click to enlarge)

ParaNorman‘s unlikely hero cowers underneath a bed as a zombie gets dangerously close, in this new still from the upcoming comedy-thriller, provided exclusively to Wired.com.

“Norman is looking on in terror as the zombie tries to find his lost ear,” says Travis Knight, ParaNorman‘s lead animator and president/CEO of Laika, the studio making the movie. “The image is evocative of the tone of the film.”

The town’s only chance for survival rests with a misunderstood boy named Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) who can talk to the dead. And the undead. But Norman isn’t just up against zombies; he must face ghosts and witches, not to mention a whole lot of grown-ups.